2 Corinthians 2:5
2:5 But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) 1 he has saddened all of you as well.
2 Corinthians 5:17
5:17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away 2 – look, what is new 3 has come! 4
2 Corinthians 6:3
6:3 We do not give anyone 5 an occasion for taking an offense in anything, 6 so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
1 tn Or “(not to say too much)”; Grk “(not to burden you [with words]).”
2 tn Grk “old things have passed away.”
3 tc Most mss have the words τὰ πάντα (ta panta, “all things”; cf. KJV “behold, all things are become new”), some after καίνα (kaina, “new”; D2 K L P Ψ 104 326 945 2464 pm) and others before it (6 33 81 614 630 1241 1505 1881 pm). The reading without τὰ πάντα, however, has excellent support from both the Western and Alexandrian texttypes (Ì46 א B C D* F G 048 0243 365 629 1175 1739 pc co), and the different word order of the phrase which includes it (“all things new” or “new all things”) in the ms tradition indicates its secondary character. This secondary addition may have taken place because of assimilation to τὰ δὲ πάντα (ta de panta, “and all [these] things”) that begins the following verse.
4 tn Grk “new things have come [about].”
5 tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.
6 tn Other interpretations of the first part of 2 Cor 6:3 are possible. The phrase could also mean, “not putting an obstacle in the way of anyone” (L&N 22.14), or “giving no one in anything a cause to sin” (L&N 88.307).